To write a bill of divorcement and to put her away (βιβλιον αποστασιου γραψα κα απολυσα). The word for "bill" (βιβλιον) is a dimin…

And the Pharisees came to him. (See Notes on Matthew 19:3-12). We are not surprised to find St. Mark omitting the “hard s…

The Venerable Bede: Until now, Mark has related what our Lord said and did in Galilee. Here he begins to relate what He did, ta…

Jesus, as he often did when in controversy with the Jewish religious leaders, countered with a question of his own. Moses was their authority—what …

And they said

By way of reply,

Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her aw…

Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He shows here that the re…